It’s First Line Friday! That means it’s time to pick up the nearest book and quote the first line. Today I’m sharing from The King’s Mercy by Lori Benton:
I haven’t yet read anything by Lori Benton but I’ve read many glowing reviews of her earlier books, so I’m expecting great things.
What’s the book nearest you, and what’s the first line?
About The King’s Mercy:
A mistress with a servant’s heart, Joanna is expected to wed her father’s overseer, Phineas Reeves, but finds herself drawn instead to the new blacksmith. As their unlikely relationship deepens, successive tragedies strike the Careys. When blame falls unfairly upon Alex he flees to the distant mountains where he encounters Reverend Pauling, itinerate preacher and friend of the Careys, now a prisoner of the Cherokees.
Haunted by his abandoning of Joanna, Alex tries to settle into life with the Cherokees, until circumstances thwart yet another attempt to forge his freedom and he’s faced with the choice that’s long hounded him: continue down his rebellious path or embrace the faith of a man like Pauling, whose freedom in Christ no man can steal. But the price of such mercy is total surrender, and perhaps Alex’s very life.
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Happy Friday! My first line is from “How the Light Gets In” by Jolina Petersheim:
“The caskets were closed, of course.”
… which leaves me wondering why there were caskets. And why they are closed.
Thanks for stopping by – have a great weekend!
Happy Friday!
Today on my blog, I’m sharing the first paragraph from A Silken Thread by Kim Vogel Sawyer: http://christianfictiongirl.blog/2019/03/21/first-line-friday-80/. Currently I’m reading Ladies of Intrigue by Michelle Griep, so I’ll share a line from there.
“Mr. Farris and the soldiers thundered off, but despite the danger disappearing into the dark, Helen’s heart still beat an irregular tattoo, for Isaac strode toward her.”
Hope you have a great weekend. Happy reading! 🙂❤📚
A great first line! Thanks for visiting, and thanks for sharing. Have a great weekend!
I’m really looking forward to reading this book. I have loved every book I have read by Benton.
Have a wonderful weekend!
You’re one of the people who has persuaded me I have to read her book!
I’d like to read this one!
On my blog today I shared the first line from When You Are Near by Tracie Peterson: http://thebeccafiles.com/2019/03/22/first-line-friday-53/ but I’m now currently reading The Baggage Handler by David Rawlings so I’ll share the first line from my current chapter (4) here: “David corralled his nerves and forced them into one knee, which bounced an erratic dance as he sat in the reception area of Sisyphus Financial’s top floor.” Hope you have a great weekend!
Isn’t The Baggage Handler clever? I’m not normally a fan of allegory, but David Rawlings nailed it 🙂
I recently became a Lori Benton fan and this book looks so good!
Today I’m sharing the first line from The Lady of Tarpon Springs by Judith Miller:
“Zanna Krykos closed her eyes and offered a silent prayer for God’s direction.”
Have a great weekend!
http://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2019/03/first-line-friday-lady-of-tarpon.html
I’m enjoying it so far 🙂
Thanks for sharing!
Happy Friday! I’m sharing from General Meade: A Novel of the Civil War by Robert Kofman on my blog, here’s the first line from the next book I’ll be starting, Beauty in Battle by Robin Patchen:
“Darkness swallowed Harper’s rental home even before Jack navigated his pickup around the corner.”
I read the first Beauty book and it ended in a cliffhanger – I think I’m going to wait until the series is finished before I read the rest.
Thanks for sharing 🙂
My first line is from chapter 20 of A Hero for Miss Hatherleigh by Carolyn Miller.
Today had proved a day of wonders, enough to make Caroline almost believe there might be other miracles to be seen from this God the Kirbys trusted.